Waverley Novels: The fair maid of Perth. Anne of GeiersteinR. Cadell, 1846 - Historical fiction, Scottish |
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... Swiss lad who acted as their attendant , desiring to know the name of the gloomy height , which , in that quarter , seems the leviathan of the huge congregation of mountains assembled about Lucerne . The lad crossed himself devoutly ...
... Swiss lad who acted as their attendant , desiring to know the name of the gloomy height , which , in that quarter , seems the leviathan of the huge congregation of mountains assembled about Lucerne . The lad crossed himself devoutly ...
Page 326
... Swiss lad , obtuse in his understanding , but kind and faithful in his disposition , blubbered as his employer spoke , and , afraid to offer farther remonstrance or opposition , saw his temporary master prepare himself to traverse the ...
... Swiss lad , obtuse in his understanding , but kind and faithful in his disposition , blubbered as his employer spoke , and , afraid to offer farther remonstrance or opposition , saw his temporary master prepare himself to traverse the ...
Page 329
... Swiss horn , which seemed to announce some near succour . He replied by shouting and waving his flag , to direct assistance to the spot where it was so much required ; and , recalling his faculties , which had almost deserted him , he ...
... Swiss horn , which seemed to announce some near succour . He replied by shouting and waving his flag , to direct assistance to the spot where it was so much required ; and , recalling his faculties , which had almost deserted him , he ...
Page 330
... Swiss maiden spoke thus , she approached so close to the verge of the precipice , and looked with such indifference into the gulf , that the sympathy which connects the actor and spectator upon such occasions brought back the sickness ...
... Swiss maiden spoke thus , she approached so close to the verge of the precipice , and looked with such indifference into the gulf , that the sympathy which connects the actor and spectator upon such occasions brought back the sickness ...
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... Swiss to smooth or level paths . The maiden also gave Arthur to understand , that the present road took a circuit for the purpose of gaining that on which he was lately travelling , and that if he and his companions had turned off at ...
... Swiss to smooth or level paths . The maiden also gave Arthur to understand , that the present road took a circuit for the purpose of gaining that on which he was lately travelling , and that if he and his companions had turned off at ...
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Albany Anne of Geierstein Annette answered armourer arms Arnheim Arnold Biederman Arthur Philipson Bâle betwixt blood Bonnet-maker Bonthron brother burghers called castle Catharine Charles of Burgundy Church Clan Chattan Clan Quhele combat command Conachar court danger daughter Douglas Duke of Albany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Rothsay Duke's Dwining Eachin Earl Englishman eyes fair Fair City father favour fear Ferette Grace Hagenbach hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven Highland holy honour horse Kilian Kinfauns King King René knight lady Landamman look lord maiden Margaret Margaret of Anjou matter mountain neighbours never noble Oxford passed peace person Perth poor present priest Prince Proudfute Provence Provost René replied royal Saint Scotland seemed Sigismund Simon Glover speak spoke stood stranger Swiss sword tell thee thou art thou hast thought Unterwalden voice word Wynd yonder young youth
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Page 295 - So spoke, in the emphatic words of Scripture, the helpless and bereft father, tearing his gray beard and hoary hair, while Albany, speechless and conscience-struck, did not venture to interrupt the tempest of his grief. But the agony of the King's sorrow almost instantly changed to...
Page 105 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!